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February 2012

I feel like today I need to take a break from emotional processing… and take a break from talking about writing. Instead I’m going to talk about an 84-year-old film tradition. That’s right, I’m talking about the Oscars. While I realize that there is a certain amount of cronyism in …

Life is a funny thing. It’s rarely as grand as we report it. I read an article a while ago about social networking sites and honesty in posting. It stated that most people aren’t entirely honest about what they post. They’ll generally post only positive things. It’s true. I have …

It’s been a few years since I thought there was any original grist for the Hollywood mill. Over the years it’s been repeatedly proven to me. Now I understand that after the Writers Strike, they’ve made it much more difficult to have screenwriters sell original work. Not only do you …

It looks like the time is coming close… And I must say, I’m nervous. OK, I’m more than nervous. I’m a bit apprehensive. Time is coming close to actually getting my marketing stuff together. I need to create business cards and bumper stickers. I would like to think that this …

As I’ve stated before here, that my weight has always been a problem… well more or less. I was heavy as a child. As I hit puberty I not only became slimmer, the weight shifted so I had a figure. I was actually OK with my weight in high school. …

So, I know I write about a variety of things… dealing with PTSD, writing, movies, writing, politics, writing… but I feel like writing something different. I feel like writing something gushy because, well, it’s something long overdue. And I’m doing it because it’s my blog. So, you can either read …

It’s interesting how things that could be considered “innocent” can have such a drastic and profound effect on the human brain. There are certain things that would cause the brain to re-wire itself. There are some pretty obvious things that would force the brain to re-wire itself. Physical brain injuries …

If you were to tell me 5 years ago that I would write an entirely original 3-part screenplay I would have laughed in your face. If you had told me that 2 years ago when I started writing the background that would become the 3-part screenplay I still would have …

“There comes a time when you have to stand up and shout: This is me damn it! I look the way I look, think the way I think, feel the way I feel, love the way I love! I am a whole complex package. Take me – or leave me. …

Life seems to be in one of those interesting dichotomies these days. It almost is like the old Chinese curse of living in interesting times. Just when I start to see the pieces starting to fall into place in front of me, it seems like at other ends they’re falling apart. …